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of the president is expected to visit other cities in the weeks ahead pressing congress to act and soon. the gun violence debate shifts depending on where you sit, even if you are in law enforcement. our guests are one example. charles ramsey is police commissioner of philadelphia, the nation's fourth largest police department. and bruce hartman is sheriff in the rural community of gilpin county, colorado, the second smallest county in the state. welcome to you both. we heard at the top of that taped piece the president say, "with don't have to agree on everything to agree that it's time to do something." let me start with you, sheriff hartman, what does doing something mean to you? >> well, my concern is that all the players aren't invited to the table. we all recognize these tragedi tragedies. we need to do something to try and prevent them. that is a common goal. but mental health issues seems to be an underlying problem, and that hasn't been addressed to thbest o my knowlede. >> ifill: commissioner ramsey, what is doing something mean to you? >> well actually let me just say that i
of the president is expected to visit other cities in the weeks ahead pressing congress to act and soon. the gun violence debate shifts depending on where you sit, even if you are in law enforcement. our guests are one example. charles ramsey is police commissioner of philadelphia, the nation's fourth largest police department. and bruce hartman is sheriff in the rural community of gilpin county, colorado, the second smallest county in the state. welcome to you both. we heard at the top of that...
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that crippled the city. still, as homelessness and aids soared in the '80s, his response was criticized. and the city was roiled by racial tensions amid the beating deaths of two black teenagers at the hands of white gangs. during the 1988 presidential campaign, koch ignited controversy saying jews "would be crazy" to vote for jesse jackson. but koch told the "macneil- lehrer newshour's" charlayne hunter gault jackson was provoking people. >> i've been the mayor here for 11 years. for ten years, prior to this particular period, we've had no difficulty in this city as it relates to civil disturbance. what he is in fact conjuring up is that the summer that he came here, there might be civil disturbance. that's what he's saying-- fire in the theatre. i don't think that's very nice of him to do. >> sreenivasan: koch left office in 1989 after losing the democratic primary to david dinkins. current new york mayor michael bloomberg reflected on koch's legacy today. >> and when we mourn his passing, ed really-- we a
that crippled the city. still, as homelessness and aids soared in the '80s, his response was criticized. and the city was roiled by racial tensions amid the beating deaths of two black teenagers at the hands of white gangs. during the 1988 presidential campaign, koch ignited controversy saying jews "would be crazy" to vote for jesse jackson. but koch told the "macneil- lehrer newshour's" charlayne hunter gault jackson was provoking people. >> i've been the mayor here...
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of the city's alcohol industry. >>> pope benedict is changing church law before he steps down. in this revision means that cardinals will not have to wait 15 days. the vatican wants the conclave to select a new pope in time for easter week. keith o'brian will no longer be part of the conclave. he stepped down after ackizations that he behaved inappropriately with other priests 30 years ago. >>> tonight, a local elderly couple are dead and officers are searching for a man they want to question. a man with a violent past. dead are 80-year-old nelson slack and his wife. they found their bodies yesterday in the home in plains, that part of fauquier county. >> at this point, the autopsies are underway. all i can tell you is there appears to be trauma to their upper body. >> it's shocking. never known something like that to happen around here. >> they will be missed and we're still trying to get to the bottom of what really happened. >> now wanted for questioning, 60-year-old john wesley jeffries. officers consider him armed and dangerous. he has been wanted for recent felonies in sp
of the city's alcohol industry. >>> pope benedict is changing church law before he steps down. in this revision means that cardinals will not have to wait 15 days. the vatican wants the conclave to select a new pope in time for easter week. keith o'brian will no longer be part of the conclave. he stepped down after ackizations that he behaved inappropriately with other priests 30 years ago. >>> tonight, a local elderly couple are dead and officers are searching for a man they...
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canadian ice hockey star michael garnett plays for the chelyabinsk team and lives in the city. i was awakened by this loud bang, crash and shaking in my apartment that, you know, literally shook me out of bed. i kind of gathered myself and looked out the window and i saw this gant streak across the sky that was the tail of the meteor. >> reporter: the last minutes of the meteorite's journey were captured by hundreds of cameras as it crossed central russia at a speed of around 20 miles a second, briefly casting a shadow over communities below before passing on. cctv in this office recorded the moment its journey ended. people on the ground have been injured, most cut by flying glas russian authorities say there is no lasting danger-- radiation levels in the area are normal. but no one who witnessed this visitor from space in its final moments is ever likely to forget it. >> brown: scientists say the meteor weighed about ten tons. and in what's being seen as a cosmic coincidence, it came on the same day as an asteroid that came exceedingly close to earth, at least in space terms.
canadian ice hockey star michael garnett plays for the chelyabinsk team and lives in the city. i was awakened by this loud bang, crash and shaking in my apartment that, you know, literally shook me out of bed. i kind of gathered myself and looked out the window and i saw this gant streak across the sky that was the tail of the meteor. >> reporter: the last minutes of the meteorite's journey were captured by hundreds of cameras as it crossed central russia at a speed of around 20 miles a...
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they're trying to hold the core of the city, the main stronghold for president bashar al-assad. in northern mali, french ground troops battled islamist rebels overnight, outside the city of gao. it was new evidence that while the french have retaken key cities, the insurgents have not yet been routed from the countryside. meanwhile, french and malian soldiers found caches of industrial-strength explosives and makeshift bomb labs. the rebels had hidden them outside gao. u.s. investigators said today they are not ready to rule that lithium ion batteries used in boeing's 787 dreamliners are inherently unsafe for aviation. instead, the national transportation safety board said manufacturers need to build in better safeguards. at the same time, the board said investigators are still weeks away from determining what caused a battery fire on a japan airlines dreamliner in boston. in the meantime, all 50 of the planes in service, remain grounded. budget battle cries echoed up and down pennsylvania avenue in washington today. president obama called yesterday for a small package of tax hi
they're trying to hold the core of the city, the main stronghold for president bashar al-assad. in northern mali, french ground troops battled islamist rebels overnight, outside the city of gao. it was new evidence that while the french have retaken key cities, the insurgents have not yet been routed from the countryside. meanwhile, french and malian soldiers found caches of industrial-strength explosives and makeshift bomb labs. the rebels had hidden them outside gao. u.s. investigators said...
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in egypt, a general strike in the city of port said entered a sixth day, with major new protests. thousands of people rallied in the streets waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that president mohammed morsi step down. they also denounced his call for new elections, beginning in april. >> ( translated ): morsi's call for parliamentary elections is null. i want to give a message to morsi who is a representative of the muslim brotherhood group. i want to tell him that port said is the one that will get rid of this regime. we have started this revolution and we started our strike. we do not fear them. >> sreenivasan: one opposition leader mohammed el-baradei said holding elections amid the current upheaval is a recipe for disaster. his group threatened a boycott of any vote unless morsi first agrees to political talks. the states of texas and georgia executed two men last night, by lethal injection. carl blue was put to death in texas for dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire in 1994. she died later. and in georgia, andrew allen cook was executed for kil
in egypt, a general strike in the city of port said entered a sixth day, with major new protests. thousands of people rallied in the streets waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that president mohammed morsi step down. they also denounced his call for new elections, beginning in april. >> ( translated ): morsi's call for parliamentary elections is null. i want to give a message to morsi who is a representative of the muslim brotherhood group. i want to tell him that port said is...
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what is the state of play between the rebels and the government right now in the city? >> well, yes, as you say, this is the third day we've seen bombings and mortars and targets inside the syrian capital. now i do know the syrian rebels have been trying to push in the past month but they remain severely outgunned by the syrian regime and what these mortar attacks and bombings suggest the that instead of immediate response the rebel forces are resorting more to attrition and loosening the government's grip on the capital. the attacks in the last few days have certainly shattered the sense of normalcy that the syrian regime has tried to maintain in damascuro. >> warner: do thehe rebels contl me soartsof the city and ifoar which parts? rsebelool c rebelsf southern and eastea prts of the damascus. asrt in past month we've seen rebels try to push their way forward into damascus from thefo northeast and, in fact, they have seized sevealar ym checkpoints on the highway linking the capital with northern syria. but those advances have lyargel been reversedowg and the government
what is the state of play between the rebels and the government right now in the city? >> well, yes, as you say, this is the third day we've seen bombings and mortars and targets inside the syrian capital. now i do know the syrian rebels have been trying to push in the past month but they remain severely outgunned by the syrian regime and what these mortar attacks and bombings suggest the that instead of immediate response the rebel forces are resorting more to attrition and loosening the...
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the airport at a third key city-- kidal. in paris today, the french defense minister said his government is open to having u.n. peacekeepers take over, with french support. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to two stories about conflict in the middle east. as the battle in syria between president bashar al-assad's forces and the free syrian army or f.s.a. rages on, thousands of refugees flood into neighboring countries. jonathan miller of "independent television news" takes us to a secret crossing point on the border with jordan on the outskirts of the syrian city of da'-raa. >> reporter: katiba jaber is a lonely place, exposed to desert winds that chill you to the bone. the border guard is ready for what the night will bring. ( gunfire ) the shooting started shortly after sunset. those are close. the syrians fire at the jordanians every night but the jordanians don't fire back. and bashar's forces shoot and shell the groups of refugees hiding somewhere down there in the dark
the airport at a third key city-- kidal. in paris today, the french defense minister said his government is open to having u.n. peacekeepers take over, with french support. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to two stories about conflict in the middle east. as the battle in syria between president bashar al-assad's forces and the free syrian army or f.s.a. rages on, thousands of refugees flood into neighboring countries. jonathan miller of...
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said the city had marshaled an army of plows and salt trucks. >> the sanitation department will deploy something like 1,700 snowplows and 65 front-end loaders. it also has 450 salt-spreaders already deployed. >> brown: the storm also focused new concern on the new york and new jersey shore areas still recovering from hurricane sandy. they faced the prospect of being flooded again. >> we are trying to batten down the hatches here, if any storms are coming. the last one ruined us totally. >> brown: and long before the worst hit, air travel was in a shambles. well over 4,000 flights were canceled through saturday, sending ripple effects across the country. the snow also halted amtrak and some mass transit service in the northeast. and for the latest on what's expected tonight and this weekend, we turn to bernie rayno, a meteorologist with accuweather. so what is the latest on the track of the storm and expected snow amounts? >> well, i will tell you, the worst of this storm we have been pointing out all week is going to be across southern new england. two storms as you mentioned, and the
said the city had marshaled an army of plows and salt trucks. >> the sanitation department will deploy something like 1,700 snowplows and 65 front-end loaders. it also has 450 salt-spreaders already deployed. >> brown: the storm also focused new concern on the new york and new jersey shore areas still recovering from hurricane sandy. they faced the prospect of being flooded again. >> we are trying to batten down the hatches here, if any storms are coming. the last one ruined...
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public health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. >> the people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. these are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life- changing moment, the trajectory's either going to be jail or death. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> suarez: and, as a magistrate grants oscar pistorius bail, we talk to charlayne hunter gault about how his arrest has focused attention on the unusually high rate of violence against women in south africa. >> domestic violence is shot through the entire society from the highest of the highed in socioeconomic terms to the lowest of the low. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing supp
public health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. >> the people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. these are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life- changing moment, the trajectory's either going to be jail or death. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> suarez: and, as a magistrate grants oscar pistorius bail, we...
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jordan on the outskirts of the syrian city of da'-raa. >> reporter: katiba jaber is a lonely place, exposed to desert winds that chill you to the bone. the border guard is ready for what the night will bring. ( gunfire ) the shooting started shortly after sunset. those are close. the syrians fire at the jordanians every night but the jordanians don't fire back. and bashar's forces shoot and shell the groups of refugees hiding somewhere down there in the darkness. unexpectedly, a jordanian ambulance arrives. on board, four old people who'd somehow become separated from their group. they may have been the target of the gunfire, but they made it. just. they're exhausted. there's a lot of shooting going on now. this old man and these few who've arrived here are a group of i think about 45 among a much larger group. you can here the shooting going on right now and there has been shellfire. those down on the border must be utterly terrified. i went up to the watchtower. we weren't allowed to film the night vision screen, but i was allowed to report what i could see. i've seen a group of a
jordan on the outskirts of the syrian city of da'-raa. >> reporter: katiba jaber is a lonely place, exposed to desert winds that chill you to the bone. the border guard is ready for what the night will bring. ( gunfire ) the shooting started shortly after sunset. those are close. the syrians fire at the jordanians every night but the jordanians don't fire back. and bashar's forces shoot and shell the groups of refugees hiding somewhere down there in the darkness. unexpectedly, a jordanian...
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out of the city's 90,000 neediest children, who benefit. and the rest... >> they're here from 6:30 in the morning until about 6:00 at night. they play by themselves the majority of the time. they love watching tv. >> reporter: jacqueline brown spends each day with her grand children while her daughter is out looking for work. >> in this community, there's a lot of kids who don't go to school. some parents need their kids to go all day. they don't have an all day here. they just only go part time. in the morning time from 8:00- 10:30. >> reporter: in a large city like chicago, just getting to the program can be a challenge, especially for families with more than one child and no car. >> some people feel that it's a waste of time. they don't want to go pick them up in a hour and a half, so they feel it's not, it's not worth it. i don't think we understood how much of a barrier deep, deep poverty is in terms of engaging families and... and creating opportunities for children. >> reporter: maria whelan's organization helps low income families f
out of the city's 90,000 neediest children, who benefit. and the rest... >> they're here from 6:30 in the morning until about 6:00 at night. they play by themselves the majority of the time. they love watching tv. >> reporter: jacqueline brown spends each day with her grand children while her daughter is out looking for work. >> in this community, there's a lot of kids who don't go to school. some parents need their kids to go all day. they don't have an all day here. they...